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Will the mainstream American Right’s real leader bow to cancel culture?

The Left hates its new allies.

A "top Republican strategist" assures us she will be "formidable."

The Stupid Party in action.

Hispanics and whites had similar views.

Ad had several versions to appeal to different Hispanic accents.

Three possibilities for our future.

Why did they take down the tweet?

A lot has changed in the last 18 years.

It's the best way of avoiding tough questions.

White Democrats are voting for black candidates in ever-greater numbers.

Incisive or irrelevant?

Have we reached that point today?

"And there is so many incredibly qualified women."

“When you are a police officer, you are not black anymore. You are blue.”

A gentle slide into authoritarianism may be more likely.

It's time for schadenfreude.

"A second Reconstruction is being readied."

"Kneeling specifically appears in Greek literature as an emblem of political slavery."

National Review denounces “cancel culture” while celebrating Steve King’s ouster.

Ann Coulter on the immigrant origins of these — and past — riots

Four years ago, it was 37 percent.

Where power lies in American society, and why “conservatives” can’t challenge it.

"How does pretending away an entire generation of Americans and their progeny promote 'healing'?"

"[T]his, too, is likely to become a forever war in America."

Plans of resistance.

A brief history of Black Lives Matter.

Introducing The Bellows.

We’re a people and it’s time to act like it.

The Stupid Party is at it again.

A Hmong cop was present at George Floyd's death.

Hispanic small business owners won't vote for the GOP if the economy collapses

In 2018, blacks used mail-in ballots at less than half the rate of whites.

Not even President Trump backs him.

There was glass everywhere.

She thinks she will be president by 2040.

Pressure mounts to choose a black woman -- but not former prosecutor Kamala Harris.

And why he is doomed if he does.

Because voting doesn't work for blacks they are justified in rioting.

Strom Thurmond’s political career and the capitulation of the South.

Rumors suggest "yes."

"Biden’s message to Middle America: This may have been your country, but no more. Get used to it."

The campaign is making the most of Biden's "you ain't black" comment.

Is the common understanding wrong?

"Biden’s condescension towards black communities is intolerable."

Is the Democrat racial coalition at the breaking point?

"I go about my business every day comparing Joe Biden to the alternative — not the almighty.”

Vox knows demographics are destiny.

Pretty tame stuff, actually.

Also "guarantees" he's considering "multiple" black women for the VP slot.

And why they will turn on Trump when he is gone.

GOP strategist: "[W]e need candidates other than boring old white people."

Mail-in ballot postage is the equivalent of "a poll tax."

Bill Richardson: “The Trump Hispanic effort is much more active.”

One study found black and Hispanic voters were twice as likely as whites to have their mail-in ballots rejected.

To the critical racial voting blocs go the spoils.

The solution? Bring back the "Never Trump" movement.

Another case of black privilege.

Activists say he'll have to "dig deeper" for Hispanic support.

His response shows "insensitivity" to black Americans' "unique concerns."

Voters prefer Elizabeth Warren, but black voters "made Joe Biden," so he owes them.

A study on "whitelash."

A white man uncertain of what to do next.

". . . it is warm and fluffy for the most part . . . But there’s no substance to it."

From 2000 to 2020, the number of Asians eligible to vote grew by 139 percent.

Biden's support with Hispanic men is 50 percent to Trump's 34 percent.

Jim Clyburn: "[N]aturally I prefer an African American woman . . . ."

Black voters who didn't turn out for Hillary caused Michelle Obama "more pain" than Trump supporters.

Black unemployment rates are no longer "historically low."

They are a colorful lot.

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Sixty-nine percent would support a temporary halt on "nearly all immigration."

But we should mine his movement for supporters.

Democrats will need black turnout more than ever.

All politics is racial politics.